Erin Jeanne McDowell
Erin Jeanne McDowell is a cookbook author, baking teacher, and video host sharing recipes and techniques through Happy Baking, her books, and hands-on classes.
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- From
- Lawrence, Kansas
- Based in
- Kansas City
- Training
- Baking and pastry at The Culinary Institute of America
- Known for
- Baking instruction, cookbooks, and Bake It Up a Notch
Mini bio
How it started.
Erin grew up baking with her mother and grandmother in Lawrence, Kansas. At 16, she took an after-school bakery job. She later studied baking and pastry at The Culinary Institute of America, started a blog, and pitched her writing.
From behind the scenes to your kitchen.
After graduation, she tested recipes, did editorial work, and ghostwrote for cookbooks and culinary textbooks. Her teaching reached viewers through Food52’s Bake It Up a Notch, which won an IACP award in 2021.
Books, videos, and a little encouragement.
The Fearless Baker arrived in 2017, followed by The Book on Pie in 2020 and Savory Baking in 2022. In 2023, she coached contestants on Netflix’s The Big Nailed It Baking Challenge. She now hosts Happy Baking and teaches classes. Her fourth cookbook, Bake Anything, arrived in September 2026 with recipes readers can combine and videos they can follow.
Creditschronological, newest first
Cookbooks
- 2026Bake AnythingAuthor
- 2022Savory BakingAuthor
- 2020The Book on PieAuthor
- 2017The Fearless BakerAuthor
Screen and video
- 2023The Big Nailed It Baking ChallengeBaking coach
- 2021Bake It Up a NotchHost of Food52’s IACP-winning online video series
Writing and community
- 2026Bake from ScratchContributing editor
- 2025Happy Baking NewsletterWriter and creator
Awards
Quotes
I consider myself a teacher firstErin Jeanne McDowell, The Pitch
Discussing Bake Anything and teaching through recipe videos in an October 6, 2026 interview. Source: https://www.thepitchkc.com/erin-jeanne-mcdowells-latest-cookbook-is-a-colorful-love-letter-to-food-as-an-art-form/
Trivia
- An antique cookie cutter passed down by her grandmother hangs in her kitchen.
- In a Food52 interview, she chose coconut cream when asked which single pie she would eat for the rest of her life.
- One of her earliest pie memories is making an apple pie with an olive oil crust with her grandmother, who wanted to try a recipe from a magazine.
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